Czech Route 66 Web site is launched

Zdenek Jurasek, a resident of the Czech Republic who first journeyed down Route 66 in 1998, has launched a Web site in the Czech language to help spread the word to his fellow citizens about the Mother Road.

The URL is www.r66.cz/

Jurasek wrote in an e-mail, which I lightly edited for clarity, telling about his site:

There is a short history of R66, with a brief description of its individual parts, ideas for trips to many interesting places not far from Route 66, FAQ, etc. There is also a forum — a place for exchanging experiences among the R66 fans. I should like to give regular news and offer the basic assortment of publications about Route 66 in our e-shop. And one speciality: an internet Radio 66 — station playing “music of everlasting roads”.

I hope these web pages will be successful and they will be the best information source for Czech and Slovak people who want to learn more about the Mother Road. Our web page is in the Czech language (temporarily – I hope) but there is a short summary in English and German. […]

Route 66 was a favourite subject I was interested in and it was only matter of time when I come back. Many times I came back to this old road and I was always enchanted to see it again. I also visited some festivals of Route 66. Maybe I can say that I know the route quite well and I am ready to give valuable advice to those who wants to go in my traces but have not enough “Czech information”. And this is the main reason why I resolved to open these pages.

I would be very glad if you could help me to inform other Route 66 people about my pages. I am also looking forward to ideas, suggestions and critique. [Editor’s note: A contact page on the site is here.]

So surf around and tell him what you think. I’m pleased that the “gospel” of Route 66 is being spread on the Internet through yet another language.

Jurasek, now 44, managed to bicycle down Route 66 in a month’s time. He wrote about his adventures in “Route 66: Along the Main Street of America on Bicycle.” He is the general manager of a radio station.